|
Title: A Fool and His Money Post by: Miasma on March 14, 2008, 09:50:57 AM Parted. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080314/od_nm/engagement_dc_1)
Quote LONDON (Reuters) - It is the one moment every man wants to get right -- and which London floor-fitter Lefkos Hajji could hardly have got more wrong. The luckless 28 year-old's dreams of giving his sweetheart, Leanne, 26, the ultimate proposal have literally vanished into thin air. Hajji, of Hackney, east London, had concealed a $12,000 engagement ring inside a helium balloon. The idea was that she would pop the balloon as he popped the question. But as he left the shop, a gust of wind pulled the balloon from his hand and he watched the ring -- and quite possibly the affections of his girlfriend -- sailing away over the rooftops. "I couldn't believe it," he told The Sun newspaper. "I just watched as it went further and further into the air. "I felt like such a plonker. It cost a fortune and I knew my girlfriend would kill me." Hajji spent two hours in his car trying to chase and find the balloon, without success. "I thought I would give Leanne a pin so I could literally pop the question," he said. "But I had to tell her the story -- she went absolutely mad. Now she is refusing to speak to me until I get her a new ring." He is hoping the ring will still turn up. "It would be amazing if someone found it," he added. (Reporting by Peter Apps. Editing by Steve Addison) She sounds like quite the catch herself :roll:. Title: Re: A Fool and His Money Post by: WayAbvPar on March 14, 2008, 09:53:41 AM He is a dolt, but it sounds like his girlfriend is a materialistic c*nt. $12k is a fair price to find this out before he ends up married to her.
His next move: (http://www.stockphototalk.com/phototalk/images/forrestrunningtojonathan.jpg) Title: Re: A Fool and His Money Post by: Mrbloodworth on March 14, 2008, 10:00:37 AM I think the idea was sweet. I think he should have used a wight on the balloon. I think the girl is a bitch.
Title: Re: A Fool and His Money Post by: justdave on March 14, 2008, 10:24:14 AM Definitely! The wight could have killed and eaten his girlfriend and spared him the pain of her company.
Title: Re: A Fool and His Money Post by: Signe on March 14, 2008, 10:34:00 AM What a dumbfuck. I hope she sucks him dry before she's done playing with his silly ass. (http://www.democraticwarrior.com/forum/images/smilies/kittie.gif)
Title: Re: A Fool and His Money Post by: WayAbvPar on March 14, 2008, 10:37:55 AM What a dumbfuck. I hope she sucks him dry before she's done playing with his silly ass. (http://www.democraticwarrior.com/forum/images/smilies/kittie.gif) I think that is why he bought the ring. Title: Re: A Fool and His Money Post by: HaemishM on March 14, 2008, 10:51:38 AM Every married man knows the blowjobs stop when the ring goes on.
Title: Re: A Fool and His Money Post by: Nevermore on March 14, 2008, 11:05:27 AM Sounds like a new sitcom: The Idiot and the Golddigger
Title: Re: A Fool and His Money Post by: Mrbloodworth on March 14, 2008, 11:14:51 AM Peter Sellers caused the wind.
(http://www.rarebeatles.com/dvd/dvdmagic.jpg) Title: Re: A Fool and His Money Post by: Llava on March 14, 2008, 11:18:57 AM Definitely! The wight could have killed and eaten his girlfriend and spared him the pain of her company. I LOLed. Title: Re: A Fool and His Money Post by: Nebu on March 14, 2008, 01:31:41 PM I think it's brilliant.
Step 1. Buy a balloon. Step 2. Release balloon. Step 3. Claim said balloon contained a $12k ring. Step 4. See what your girlfriend's reaction is. True colors and all that. Title: Re: A Fool and His Money Post by: Mrbloodworth on March 14, 2008, 01:34:04 PM I think it's brilliant. Step 1. Buy a balloon. Step 2. Release balloon. Step 3. Claim said balloon contained a $12k ring. Step 4. See what your girlfriend's reaction is. True colors and all that. :roffle: Title: Re: A Fool and His Money Post by: Grand Design on March 14, 2008, 05:11:45 PM Thank you Nebu. I was starting to wonder about everyone's bullshitometer.
Step 5. Get newspaper to publish ridiculous story to give it more credibility. Title: Re: A Fool and His Money Post by: Miasma on March 14, 2008, 06:40:14 PM Other reports (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article915371.ece) talked to the florist who put the ring in there for him, weather matches too.
Title: Re: A Fool and His Money Post by: Grand Design on March 14, 2008, 06:41:28 PM For a cut of 12k, I'm sure he did.
Title: Re: A Fool and His Money Post by: lamaros on March 15, 2008, 06:59:48 AM I think Jesus is awesome. Also: Politics!
(Time to go now GD). Title: Re: A Fool and His Money Post by: Lantyssa on March 15, 2008, 08:15:03 AM She's a bitch for wanting a new ring. He's an idiot for spending 12k dollars on piece of rock. He's a bigger idiot for putting 12k in something that can float away.
If I were him I'd have to wonder about how greedy she is. If I were her I'd have to seriously rethink being hitched to a moron. Sounds like they'll work great together. Title: Re: A Fool and His Money Post by: Calantus on March 16, 2008, 03:26:02 AM Indeed it is truly a match made in heaven. Fool and money, meet woman who wants to part you.
Title: Re: A Fool and His Money Post by: Furiously on March 18, 2008, 09:06:02 PM The trick is to take your girlfriend to watch Blood Diamond first. Then ask if she wants a QZ.
Title: Re: A Fool and His Money Post by: Yegolev on March 18, 2008, 10:59:28 PM Q-bert zirconium?
Title: Re: A Fool and His Money Post by: Furiously on March 19, 2008, 12:12:43 AM I guess it is a CZ...
Title: Re: A Fool and His Money Post by: Azazel on March 21, 2008, 12:32:16 AM Q-bert zirconium? coffee just came out of my nose. you bastard. |